Solicitation
BRCA 310427 Southbound Shuttle Stop
Department of the Interior · National Park Service · Sol. 140P2026R0065
Due in 11 days
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The National Park Service (Denver Service Center) wants a contractor to build shuttle stop improvements along Bryce Canyon Road at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, including a new southbound shuttle stop. It is a firm-fixed-price, lump sum construction contract with 150 calendar days to finish; the evaluation assumes a notice to proceed of May 1, 2027. Proposals are due by email on October 19, 2026, and the solicitation text says it is a small business set-aside even though SAM.gov shows none.
Watch out for
- Set-aside status is unclear. SAM.gov says no set-aside, but the solicitation says it is a small business set-aside with a limitation on subcontracting, so confirm with the Contracting Officer before bidding with a large subcontractor share.
This acquisition is being conducted as a Small Business Set-Aside.
- Bid guarantee and bonding capacity. You need a bid bond or other guarantee equal to 20% of your price (up to $3 million) with the proposal, and likely performance and payment bonds after award.
The amount of the proposal guarantee shall be 20% percent of the total proposal price or $3,000,000 whichever is
- Remote, rural site. Suppliers and lodging are far away, staging room is limited, and winter work may be needed, which raises cost and schedule risk.
the nearest suppliers and lodging facilities is 80 miles from the Park
- Tight schedule with liquidated damages. You must finish in 150 calendar days including weather shutdowns, or pay a daily penalty.
liquidated damages to the Government in the amount of $1,442 for each calendar day of delay
- Work near Utah prairie dog habitat. A 50 ft buffer around active burrows and limits on heavy machinery near burrows before June 15 and after August 30 could constrain a May to September schedule.
Contractor cannot operate heavy machinery within 1000 ft of active burrows prior to June 15th or
- Park stays open during construction. You must keep visitor, pedestrian and shuttle access working at all times, with restricted work hours and delivery times, which adds traffic control cost.
Public use is to be maintained through construction operation.
- Heavy proposal package. Five technical factors, three key personnel resumes, project forms, references and bid guarantee are all due in one email, and a 2-page limit applies to the technical approach.
Submit a written narrative limited to 2 pages describing your technical approach to the specific
- Question deadline may already have passed. Questions are due at least 14 days before the October 19 due date (about October 5, 2026), and the site visit date and meeting place are still marked TBD.
Pre-proposal questions shall be submitted a minimum of 14-days prior to the due date and time for proposals.
- Site visit expected but not scheduled. Differing site conditions clauses apply and offerors are urged to inspect the site, but the visit date and place are TBD.
quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed.
- Stale or conflicting dates and contacts in forms. The Past Performance Questionnaire shows a return date of October 7, 2025 and an @nps.gov email for the Contracting Officer, while Section L uses @ios.doi.gov, so confirm the right contact and dates.
1:00 pm EST October 7, 2025
Read from the notice and 6 attachments. 5 not read in full.
- Sol_140P2026R0065.pdf
- B08_Att_01_BRCA310427_20251223_Specifications_100p.pdf
- B08_Att_07_General_References.pdf
- B08_Att_08_Key_Personnel.pdf
- B08_Att_10_Project_Experience_Questionnaire.pdf
- B08_Att_09_Past_Performance_Questionnaire.pdf
- B08_Att_06_LmtOnSubconRpt_REQD.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- B08_Att_05_Price_Schedule_-_BRCA_310427.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- B08_Att_02_2026_02_06_BRCA_100__Set.pdf: too large
- B08_Att_03_WD_UT20260028.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
- B08_Att_04_WD_UT20260017.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
Full brief
What they want
- Build a new southbound shuttle bus stop and modify the existing shuttle stops at the Bryce Canyon Visitor Center intersection
- Add shuttle lanes, extend culverts and install new culverts, with storm drain and riprap work
- Realign the multi-use trail
- Build a cast-in-place retaining wall and a new shuttle stop shelter
- Build sidewalks and ADA ramps, with curb and gutter and concrete and asphalt paving
- Replace existing MUTCD signs and stripe the pavement
- Keep traffic moving and the park open (3-way stop, traffic control plan, safe visitor access) during construction
- Protect trees, wildlife and Utah prairie dog habitat near the site
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price construction contract, one lump sum line item (CLIN 0010)
- Period of performance
- 150 calendar days from notice to proceed (work must start within 10 days of notice to proceed); SF 1442 shows 05/01/2027 to 09/28/2027. No option periods listed.
- Place of performance
- Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah (Bryce Canyon Road at the Visitor Center)
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff (Best Value Continuum under FAR Part 15.1); price is a factor and the non-price factors combined are approximately equal in importance to price. The Government may pay more than the lowest price when the benefits justify it.
- Offers due
- October 19, 2026 at 1300 (1:00 PM) per the SF 1442; SAM.gov lists 1:00 PM Eastern (UTC-4)
- How to submit
- Email only, sent to Contracting Officer Zaira Lupidi (zaira_lupidi@ios.doi.gov) and CS_DSC_Proposal_Submission@nps.gov; other delivery methods are not accepted
- Page limits
- Factor 1 technical approach is limited to 2 pages (extra pages will not be evaluated); other factors have no stated page limit in the text read
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1 - Technical Approach
- Factor 2 - Schedule
- Factor 3 - Project Experience
- Factor 4 - Key Personnel Experience
- Factor 5 - Past Performance
- Price (evaluated for fairness and reasonableness and for unbalanced line items)
What to include when you submit
- Email subject line must contain the solicitation number, park PMIS number and email count, for example 140P2026R0065, BRCA 310427, email 1 of 3
- Submit Volume I (technical) and Volume II (business and price) as separate email attachments; each attachment no larger than 38 MB and each email no larger than 100 MB; one electronic copy, no hard copies
- Volume I: Factor 1 Technical Approach (2 pages), Factor 2 Schedule (MS Project Gantt chart with critical path plus narrative, assuming a May 1, 2027 notice to proceed), Factor 3 Project Experience (up to 3 projects completed in the last 5 years, one form each), Factor 4 Key Personnel resumes (superintendent, quality control manager, traffic control supervisor), Factor 5 Past Performance (questionnaires sent to references for the same projects, or a CPARS report, plus a narrative of any less than satisfactory performance)
- Volume II: signed SF 1442 blocks 14 through 20C, amendment acknowledgments, Section B price schedule with a Schedule of Values for each line item, SF 24 bid bond or other bid guarantee, Section K representations and certifications, General References form, and the Limitation on Subcontracting percentage worksheet
- Pre-proposal questions go by email to the Contracting Officer at least 14 days before the due date
- You must confirm your proposal was received; verify receipt
- Invoices after award go through the Treasury Invoice Processing Platform (IPP); ask for a waiver in your proposal if you cannot use it
You must have
- Small business set-aside (according to the solicitation text); the size standard for NAICS 237310 is in a provision the text provided does not show
This acquisition is being conducted as a Small Business Set-Aside.
- Active SAM.gov registration at the time you submit your offer
Offerors are required to be registered
- Bid guarantee (bid bond or other approved form) with the proposal, 20% of price up to $3,000,000
The amount of the proposal guarantee shall be 20% percent of the total proposal price or $3,000,000 whichever is
- Performance and payment bonds for construction (clause is in the contract; confirm the amount and timing with the Contracting Officer)
52.228-15 PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS-CONSTRUCTION (JUN 2020) (DEVIATION MAY
- Limits on subcontracting: a small business set-aside prime must self-perform a required share of the work; a worksheet is required with the proposal
52.219-14 for associated information.
- Key personnel: Site Superintendent with 5 years on 3 similar projects, OSHA 30 hour and basic life support; Traffic Control Supervisor with 3 years of MUTCD experience; Quality Control Manager with 5 years and a recognized QC certification
Site Superintendent: Minimum five (5) years of experience on at least three (3) similar projects. Shall possess
- A certified Traffic Control Design Specialist must verify the traffic control plan
Provide a certified Traffic Control Design Specialist to verify the traffic
- Firms that helped develop the design or specifications for this project cannot be part of the construction award
In accordance with FAR 36.209, all firms, Prime Contractors or subconsultants, involved in developing the design
- Liability insurance and Davis-Bacon construction wage rate compliance apply (amounts and wage rates are in parts not read)
1452.228-70 LIABILITY INSURANCE. (JUL 1996)
Not in the notice text
- Estimated price or magnitude of the project (not stated)
- Whether performance and payment bonds are required and for what amounts (the SF 1442 block was not readable)
- Small business size standard and the required percentage under the limitation on subcontracting clause (clause text not in the part provided)
- Date and place of the site visit (marked TBD)
- Full drawings (B08_Att_02, too large to read), the price schedule spreadsheet, the limitation on subcontracting spreadsheet, and the Davis-Bacon wage determinations (scanned PDFs) were not read
- Liability insurance amounts and the rest of the contract clauses and representations (middle of the solicitation was left out)
- Locations of active prairie dog burrows (on the drawings)
- Whether SAM.gov (no set-aside) or the solicitation (small business set-aside) is correct
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 19, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 18, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 140P2026R0065
- Agency
- Department of the Interior · National Park Service
- Office
- DSC Contracting Services Division
- NAICS
- 237310
- Product/service code
- Z1LB
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Contracting contact
- Lupidi, Zairazaira_lupidi@nps.gov0000000000
Full notice text from SAM.gov
BRCA 310427 Southbound Shuttle Stop
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